Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-29
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

GRACE S. HURwooD edits the Wom-
ans Department of the Henry QlL
Republican.
Mrs. CRAWFORD, Paris correspond.
ent of the London Daily News and
Truth. is said to earn ten thousand dol
lars year by her pen.
NINE. TRELAT left nearly all her
property. about f4O0, 900, to the Paris
municipality, to found a school for the
training of girls in household duties.
Miss JULIA WARD HOWE has re-
ceived set of silver from the Sons OF
st. George, as Il testimonial for her
services to the lodge on the occasion
of the Queens jubilee.
Mrs. HESTER NJ. Poole, for the last
nine years editor of wOman's depart
ment in the Reiigio- Philosophical Jour-
nal. retires from her post crowned
with high e.comiums from the editor
in-chief, and with the genuine regret
of all who have read her column.
Mrs. DIR. ELLIS, an American lady,
is physician to the Queen of Corea.
She has apartments in the royal palace
at Seoul. and receives yearly salary
which is equal to eighteen thousand
dollars. She is expected to visit the
Queen daily. and remains in call when
Her Majesty is indisposed
Mrs. MARGARET w. CAMPBELL, OF
East Des Moincs, Ia, advises the WON.
en- of that State to offer their votes at
the next election, claiming that women
may vote there without violating any
law. The constitution of Iowa desig-
mates male citizens as voters, bu: il
nowhere in express terms prohibits fe-
male citizens from voting.
Miss S. NJ HOLLETT, formerly en-.
crossing clerk in the Iowa Senate,
now of Denison. Ia. has inaugurated
in Crawford County system. which
has worked so successfully elsewhere,
of reporting each day the sales. mort
cages. mechanics liens, chattel mort
cages and judgments filed. She ex.
amines daily the official records. pre-
pares and distributes the reports
through the mail to her patrons. who
find it a valuable assistance in their
business Miss Hollett's enterprise has
proved successful beyond her expecta.
tons. and is an evidence of the ca
pacity and energy of the Iowa girls.
MARY PEABODY. of Salem. became
the wife of the late Horace Mann. who
had a head as destitute of imagination
as Hawthorne's was full of it. She
wrote the novel of slave life in Cuba
entitled "Juanita," which was pub
lished last spring. few weeks after
her lamented death. and was the con-
slant companion of her sister Eliza
beth, who is the original promoter OF
the kindergartens. which Mrs. Quincy
Shaw has taken under her special pro-
lection. Sophia Peabody had the fort
une to wed the shy but powerful ro-
mancer, Nathaniel Hawthorne. She
was equal to the situation, and in the
Life of Hawthorne" which has been
written by his son. there is nothing
more beautiful than the wOmanly SYM
pathy which she supplied to the man
of genius.
Mrs. F. A. w. SINNER, who, thirty
five years ago, co-operated with Miss
Gregory in founding the Mount Car
roll Seminary, at Mount Carroll. ILL.
and who for many years has been its
sole proprietor, giving the best ener-
gies of her life to its service, to in
sure, not only the continuation but the
growth of the institution, wishes to
put it under the control Of those hav-
/ ing ability and funds, who are warmly
interested in the higher education Of
women. She proposes to donate the
seminary property. free of incum-
brance, to an association that will
raise an endowment of 600, 000-be
this association composed of former
students, an orthodox religious body.
or the two united-this endowment to
be placed under the control of board
of trustees, and the income used fol
the benefit of the institution.